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The weatherproof and vandal proof screens can show pictures, video and other digital content about the deceased.

There are even plans for a smartphone app to allow audio to be streamed to your device rather than installing speakers at the graveside.

And they’re already being trailed at the Pobrezje cemetery on the outskirts of Maribor, Slovenia;s second largest city.

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The weatherproof and vandal proof screens can show pictures, video and audio

This tombstone makes it possible to put anything next to the deceased person's name and surname

Creator Milan Zorman

Milan Zorman, a professor of computing at the University of Maribor who worked to create the tombstone, said:”This tombstone makes it possible to put anything next to the deceased person's name and surname, you can write an entire novel if you like.

“You can put pictures, or a film there. We intend to bring the sound to earphones connected to a mobile phone running the app.

“That way visitors would be able to listen to videos displayed on the screen.”

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